2016-2017 NBA Discussion Thread

I Bleed Duke Blue · Apr 12, 2017

uJesternWind said:
I don't get this argument, his team isn't constantly converting it into wins because they suck - how should that reflect on him as an MVP candidate? If they are a lottery team without him and a 6th seed with I think that's argument enough, and also godDAMN that game winner against the Nuggets....

Plus they're something like 32-10 in his triple double games, so when he goes off, its resulting in wins. Therefore his presence is immensely felt.

uJesternWind · Apr 16, 2017

FireZ said:
Russ, harden,james in that order

Id put kawhi over james but any order of harden/james/kawhi for 2/3/4 is acceptable imo

I Bleed Duke Blue · Apr 16, 2017

Celtics have to be the softest trashest 1 seed of all time and I'm a Celtics fan. So mentally weak and so much dead weight on the roster. Summer cant get here fast enough. Need to draft someone franchise changing good (doubt they will as they haven't since Paul Pierce).

Need to sign a big name too.

I Bleed Duke Blue · Apr 18, 2017

Celtics getting swept?

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RufflestheKitten · Apr 21, 2017

I Bleed Duke Blue said:
Celtics getting swept?

....

No. The Celtics are fine.
Isaiah getting time off to deal with the family tragedy has helped significantly.

I Bleed Duke Blue · Apr 21, 2017

RufflestheKitten said:
No. The Celtics are fine.
Isaiah getting time off to deal with the family tragedy has helped significantly.

Rondo going down a miracle for them. Still not convinced they escape this series.

Wonderland · Apr 22, 2017

I Bleed Duke Blue said:
Rondo going down a miracle for them. Still not convinced they escape this series.

I don't know if the bulls win without Rondo. For some reason it seems like the bulls play better on the road than they do at home, so we'll see. Then again if the bulls win next game then the chances are they most likely win the series. I can't see Wade going out like that.

RufflestheKitten · Apr 22, 2017

I Bleed Duke Blue said:
Rondo going down a miracle for them. Still not convinced they escape this series.

You strongly overestimate how good Rondo has been this year; truthfully he has been terribad at many many many points.

I Bleed Duke Blue · Apr 22, 2017

RufflestheKitten said:
You strongly overestimate how good Rondo has been this year; truthfully he has been terribad at many many many points.

Playoff Rondo is a different animal.

RufflestheKitten · Apr 23, 2017

I Bleed Duke Blue said:
Playoff Rondo is a different animal.

Still can't shoot, over-dribbles, makes more bad passes than good ones, is a human turnstile. Yes PG is not a defensive position but 0 effort defense.

I can't agree with you.

I'm not a Bulls fan, but they are my home market... I've seen way too much of him.

I Bleed Duke Blue · Apr 23, 2017

RufflestheKitten said:
Still can't shoot, over-dribbles, makes more bad passes than good ones, is a human turnstile. Yes PG is not a defensive position but 0 effort defense.

I can't agree with you.

I'm not a Bulls fan, but they are my home market... I've seen way too much of him.

Maybe Bulls Rondo does that. As a Celtics fans I've also seen him completely baffle teams with Lebron James + Kobe Bryant in the twilight of their careers. Don't care a lick about the Bulls so don't really know or care what Rondo does with them tbh. The playoff rondo I remember though was a juggernaut, high basketball IQ guy that did have flaws but always brought it. He makes the people better around him too.

I don't think this series is 2-2 if Rondo doesn't go down.

In the end it doesn't matter all that much, neither of these teams are close to title caliber good anyway.

I Bleed Duke Blue · Apr 29, 2017

Well glad I was wrong about Boston losing in the first round, but wouldn't say I'm confident for the Wizards.

Cavs obviously the team to beat. @Wonderland wonder were that Brian kid is. Wonder if he'll show up if the Craptors somehow get a lead in the series.

Wiz in 6
Cavs in 5 or 6

uJesternWind · Apr 29, 2017

I Bleed Duke Blue said:
Well glad I was wrong about Boston losing in the first round, but wouldn't say I'm confident for the Wizards.

Cavs obviously the team to beat. @Wonderland wonder were that Brian kid is. Wonder if he'll show up if the Craptors somehow get a lead in the series.

Wiz in 6
Cavs in 5 or 6

Yeah Rondo going down felt like the only reason why the Celtics managed to get back into it. A stat I saw on twitter was that Rondo had 20 assists the first 2 games, and that the starting point guards who replaced him had a grand total of.....2 assists the next 4 games
Gonna say Wiz in 6 as well, the homer in me is saying that the Pacers series showed that Lebron is beatable and Raps in 7 (lol). But realistically yeah Cavs in 6 is a safe bet
I honestly can't even bring myself to care about game 7 between Clips and Jazz because the winner is gonna get swept (or maaaybe they'll lose in 5) to the Warriors anyways lol

I Bleed Duke Blue · Apr 30, 2017

Wow was not expecting a Celtics win after falling behind 16-0

I Bleed Duke Blue · May 2, 2017

Isaiah Thomas is too good holy shit. Literally winning games by himself

Im Solo · May 3, 2017

I Bleed Duke Blue said:
Isaiah Thomas is too good holy shit. Literally winning games by himself

Coming from Boston watching IT play last two games have been pretty sweet, and Boston is still my #1 but lowkey routing for harden to carry the rockets all the way

uJesternWind · May 7, 2017

Im Solo said:
Coming from Boston watching IT play last two games have been pretty sweet, and Boston is still my #1 but lowkey routing for harden to carry the rockets all the way

Lebron and Warriors will sweep their way to the finals and only then it will start to get interesting.

Watching the game last night it's ridiculous how the Jazz (a 50-win team!) can have all their stars play well, their role players play decent, Curry and Thompson to both have a bad shooting night, and to still lose by 10+. And let's not even talk about the shitshow that the Raptors are :'(

I Bleed Duke Blue · May 15, 2017

Well my Celtics proved me wrong and made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals. I just hope we don't get fked too hard. I'd be thrilled if they won once or twice, not expecting a series win.